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SpaceX launches military weather satellite into orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates a vapor cone as it goes supersonic during the launch of the Transporter 2 payload from Complex 40 at the Cape…
From Florida, ULA Delta IV Heavy lifts off for final time
1 of 2 | The United Launch Alliance oversaw the final deployment of the Delta IV Heavy as it lifted a National Reconnaissance Office…
Total solar eclipse to pass through 15 U.S. states in rare celestial event
1 of 5 | The VA Hospital announces parking restrictions on the day the solar eclipse passes over the city in Poplar Bluff, Missouri…
Trillions of cicadas to swarm U.S.; first double-brood emergence in 200 years
Cicada Broods 13 and 19 are expected to emerge together for the first time in over 200 years. Thomas Jefferson was president the last time these…
Multinational team safely returns to Earth from the International Space Station
1 of 3 | NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara (C) is shown after the landing of a Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft Saturday in Kazakhstan. She and…
NASA to send unmanned drone 2 miles high to study radiation during eclipse
1 of 2 | Electronic Systems Engineer Jake Revesz preps the Alta X Uncrewed Aircraft System for flight ahead the solar eclipse Monday…
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites ahead of two weekend launches
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, like the one shown here launching on March 30, carried 23 Starlink satellites into orbit Friday. File Photo by Joe…
NASA to fly aircraft along eclipse route to study the sun and Earth’s atmosphere
NASA will fly aircraft along the route of Monday's total solar eclipse to study the Sun's corona and the Earth's atmosphere. The "Diamond Ring"…
NASA to launch rockets from Virginia to study upper atmosphere during eclipse
NASA said Thursday it will launch three study rockets April 8 during the eclipse. They're designated for the Atmospheric Perturbations around…
World’s largest digital camera to research elusive dark matter, dark energy
The 3,200-megapixel LSST camera is readied for transport to the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile to help learn more about the universe and how…